SAINTS
by Maximilliann | created - 02 Apr 2018 | updated - 04 Apr 2018 | PublicA list of films based on the lives of saints officially declared by the Catholic Church, the lives of men and women who gave their lives to God, in the most diverse ways.
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1. The Big Fisherman (1959)
Approved | 180 min | Drama, History
Exploring the life of Peter, from being a successful fisherman to becoming a follower of Jesus Christ and being dependent on Jesus Christ.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Howard Keel, John Saxon, Susan Kohner, Martha Hyer
Votes: 456
2. San Pietro (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 197 min | Drama
Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, ... See full summary »
Director: Giulio Base | Stars: Omar Sharif, Daniele Pecci, Flavio Insinna, Claudia Koll
Votes: 590
3. Peter and Paul (1981 TV Movie)
198 min | Biography, Drama, History
Peter the Fisherman and Paul of Tarsus assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Jesus Christ and their own personal conflicts.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert, Raymond Burr
Votes: 671
4. St. Paul (2000– )
Not Rated | 170 min | Adventure, Drama
Biblical epic from the book of Acts and Paul's epistles covering the conversion of Saul of Tarsus and his ministry to the Gentiles now known as Paul. Pursued by fellow Jew Reuben, who ... See full summary »
Stars: Johannes Brandrup, Thomas Lockyer, Barbora Bobulova, Ennio Fantastichini
Votes: 1,178
5. Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Luke risks his life to visit Paul, who is captive in a Roman prison under Nero's rule. Together, they struggle against a determined emperor and the frailties of the human spirit to live out the Gospel and spread the message to the world.
Director: Andrew Hyatt | Stars: Jim Caviezel, James Faulkner, Olivier Martinez, Joanne Whalley
Votes: 9,908 | Gross: $17.56M
6. The Friends of Jesus - Thomas (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
When Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, THOMAS arrives there. Like most of the other disciples, he had worriedly taken refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jesus's arrest. After ... See full summary »
Directors: Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti | Stars: Roberta Armani, Mathieu Carrière, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Mehmet Günsür
Votes: 221
7. La spada e la croce (1958)
105 min | Drama
Set against the magnificent backdrop of classic Rome, "The Sword and the Cross" is the story of a notorious harlot who must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Jorge Mistral, Rossana Podestà, Massimo Serato
Votes: 161
8. Mary Magdalene (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History
When the marriage between AMOS and MARY MAGDALENE turns out to be childless, he casts her out and gets a divorce. Mary has to leave Magdala. She befriends SILVANO, a Roman prefect, who ... See full summary »
Directors: Raffaele Mertes, Elisabetta Marchetti | Stars: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Massimo Ghini, Giuliana de Sio, Gottfried John
Votes: 319
9. Mary Magdalene (2018)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Twelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it.
Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tahar Rahim
Votes: 11,560 | Gross: $0.12M
10. Sant Barbara (2012 TV Movie)
TV-G | 100 min | Drama
Dioscuro, governor of Scandriglia, is willing to do anything to get to the Roman government. His daughter Barbara, instead she is disinterested in everything and continued her studies in ... See full summary »
Director: Carmine Elia | Stars: Vanessa Hessler, Thomas Trabacchi, Massimo Wertmüller, Simone Montedoro
Votes: 176
11. Augustine of Hippo (1972 TV Movie)
121 min | Biography, History
This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. The film details Augustine's struggle to maintain ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Dary Berkani, Virgilio Gazzolo, Cesare Barbetti, Bruno Cattaneo
Votes: 211
12. Sant'Agostino (2010 TV Movie)
200 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the life and conversion of Aurelius Augustinus to Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Director: Christian Duguay | Stars: Alessandro Preziosi, Monica Guerritore, Alexander Held, Johannes Brandrup
Votes: 432
13. Katherine of Alexandria (2014)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West.
Director: Michael Redwood | Stars: Nicole Cernat, Peter O'Toole, Joss Ackland, Steven Berkoff
Votes: 487
14. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ... See full summary »
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze
Votes: 1,305 | Gross: $0.43M
15. Becket (1964)
PG-13 | 148 min | Biography, Drama, History
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.
Director: Peter Glenville | Stars: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi
Votes: 15,851
16. The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A series of vignettes depicting the lives of the original Franciscan monks, including their leader and the bumbling Ginepro.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo, Severino Pisacane
Votes: 4,046
17. Francis of Assisi (1961)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart, Stuart Whitman, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,126
18. Cotolay (1965)
106 min | Biography
The plot is loosely based on the legend from Galicia in north-west Spain of the founding by St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) of the Convent of San Francisco near Santiago de Compostela in ... See full synopsis »
Director: José Antonio Nieves Conde | Stars: Vicente Parra, Didier Haudepin, José Bódalo, Conrado San Martín
Votes: 75
19. Joan the Woman (1916)
Passed | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts
Votes: 652 | Gross: $1.32M
20. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
PG | 121 min | Biography, Drama, History
Dramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham
Votes: 4,947
21. Francesco (2002 TV Movie)
192 min | Drama
The life of Saint Francis, a saint who was born rich, in the medieval Tuscany, and abandoned all his goods to live closer to the population and is nowadays remembered as the saint protector of Italy.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Raoul Bova, Amélie Daure, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Claudio Gioè
Votes: 201
22. Francesco (1989)
PG-13 | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol, Nikolaus Dutsch
Votes: 1,695
23. Chiara e Francesco (2007 TV Movie)
200 min | History
Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Ettore Bassi, Maria P. Petruolo, Gabriele Cirilli, Ivano Marescotti
Votes: 187
24. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Passed | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Votes: 60,693 | Gross: $0.02M
25. Joan of Arc (1948)
Approved | 145 min | Biography, Drama, War
The abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Selena Royle, Robert Barrat
Votes: 3,782
26. Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
Surreal musical about the time of the execution of Joan of Arc.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Tullio Carminati, Giacinto Prandelli, Augusto Romani
Votes: 392
27. Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons (1994)
176 min | Biography, Drama, History
Film about the later life of Joan Of Arc including her trial and execution.
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, André Marcon, Jean-Louis Richard, Marcel Bozonnet
Votes: 715
28. Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994)
PG | 160 min | Biography, Drama, History
A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Rivette | Stars: Tatiana Moukhine, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Marie Richier, Baptiste Roussillon
Votes: 833 | Gross: $0.00M
29. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A young girl receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Rab Affleck, Stéphane Algoud
Votes: 69,718 | Gross: $14.28M
30. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017)
TV-PG | 105 min | Drama, History, Musical
France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend... See full summary »
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin, Lucile Gauthier, Victoria Lefebvre
Votes: 1,172
31. Joan of Arc (1999)
TV-PG | 90 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Spurred by divine voices and visions, fifteenth century teen Joan d'Arc leads French forces against the English.
Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Chad Willett, Peter O'Toole, Neil Patrick Harris
Votes: 6,337
32. Rita da Cascia (2004 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
The story of St. Rita of Cascia and her virtue.
Director: Giorgio Capitani | Stars: Vittoria Belvedere, Martin Crewes, Simone Ascani, Enzo Marino Bellanich
Votes: 241
33. A Man for All Seasons (1988 TV Movie)
150 min | Biography, Drama
King Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife, and seeks the approval of the aristocracy. Sir Thomas More is a man of principle and reason, and is thus placed in a difficult position: should he... See full summary »
Director: Charlton Heston | Stars: Charlton Heston, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson
Votes: 744
34. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
G | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern
Votes: 37,170 | Gross: $28.35M
35. Loyola, the Soldier Saint (1949)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: José Díaz Morales | Stars: Rafael Durán, Maruchi Fresno, Manuel Luna, Asunción Sancho
Votes: 37
36. Ignatius of Loyola (2016)
118 min | Action, Biography, Drama
'If you could hear the voice of God, would you want to keep it secret?' A historical drama based on the memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. This is the story of ... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Dy, Cathy Azanza | Stars: Andreas Muñoz, Javier Godino, Julio Perillán, Pepe Ocio
Votes: 564 | Gross: $0.11M
37. Teresa de Jesús (1962)
131 min
The life and tribulations of Carmelist nun Teresa de Jesús, who had transcendental experiences. She would write several works and would reform the Carmelist order.
Director: Juan de Orduña | Stars: Aurora Bautista, Eugenia Zúffoli, José Bódalo, Roberto Camardiel
Votes: 52
38. Teresa de Jesús (1984)
270 min | Drama
St. Teresa de Jesús struggles against all odds to reform the Order of Carmelites in the sixteenth century Spain.
Stars: Concha Velasco, María Massip, Antonio Canal, Alicia Sánchez
Votes: 139
39. El señor de La Salle (1964)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Luis César Amadori | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Enrique Diosdado, Manuel Alexandre, Tomás Blanco
Votes: 59
40. Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)
97 min | Biography, Drama
A drama based on the life of Spain's feminist mystic Saint Teresa (Vega).
Director: Ray Loriga | Stars: Paz Vega, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin, Eusebio Poncela
Votes: 485
41. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
St. Vincent de Paul struggles to bring about peace and harmony among peasants and nobles in the midst of the Black Death in Europe, carrying on his charitable work in the face of all obstacles.
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Aimé Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare
Votes: 994
42. The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
In 17th century Italy, a simple and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order, pursues full priesthood and performs a miracle that eventually ensures his sainthood.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Ricardo Montalban, Lea Padovani, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 514
43. Fray Martin de Porres (2007 Video)
101 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy
Director: Raymundo Calixto | Stars: Pedro Telémaco, Dad Dager, Juan Carlos Gardié, Alan Ciangherotti
Votes: 10
44. Fray Escoba (1961)
101 min | Biography
Director: Ramón Torrado | Stars: René Muñoz, Esther Zulema, Jesús Tordesillas, Juan Calvo
Votes: 88
45. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Approved | 156 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Charles Bickford, William Eythe, Vincent Price
Votes: 7,643
46. Aquella joven de blanco (1964)
98 min | Biography, Drama
Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Adriano Domínguez, Luisa Sala, Elena Espejo
Votes: 23
47. The Passion of Bernadette (1990)
TV-G | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bernadette knows she's been chosen to be the Bride of the Lord.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Sydney Penny, Emmanuelle Riva, Catherine de Seynes, Malka Ribowska
Votes: 156
48. Bernadette (1988)
PG | 119 min | Drama
In 1857, an unemployed miller moves his family into grim lodgings; his wife takes in laundry. In February of 1858, at the Massabielle grotto, their 14-year old asthmatic, illiterate ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Sydney Penny, Jean-Marc Bory, Jean-Marie Bernicat, Philippe Brigaud
Votes: 257 | Gross: $0.01M
49. Lourdes (2000 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up ... See full summary »
Director: Lodovico Gasparini | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Angèle Osinsky, Florence Darel, Roger Souza
Votes: 77
50. The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, History
In this story based on true events of 1917, three Portuguese children share a miraculous, prophetic vision of the Virgin Mary.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Angela Clarke, Frank Silvera, Jay Novello
Votes: 1,455
51. Anthony of Padua (1949)
78 min | Drama
Fernando, a boy growing up in 1920's Italy, is inspired by reading a biography of Saint Anthony of Padua (after whom the city of San Antonio, Texas is named.) The wife of a young Roman ... See full summary »
Director: Pietro Francisci | Stars: Aldo Fiorelli, Silvana Pampanini, Carlo Giustini, Alberto Pomerani
Votes: 20
52. La señora de Fátima (1951)
90 min | Drama
The story of the 1917 miracle of Fatima, in which the Virgin Mary appeared to three children--two girs and one boy.
Director: Rafael Gil | Stars: Ines Orsini, Fernando Rey, Tito Junco, José María Lado
Votes: 110
53. Molokai, la isla maldita (1959)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of the father Damian de Veuster, Belgium missionary of the Holy Heart order in an island of Hawaii.
Director: Luis Lucia | Stars: Javier Escrivá, Roberto Camardiel, Gérard Tichy, Marcela Yurfa
Votes: 67
54. Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002 TV Movie)
102 min | Drama
Depiction of the life of St. Anthony, beginning with his initial calling to the priesthood as a young Portugese nobleman, and following him as he becomes a Franciscan monk and preaches across Africa and Europe.
Director: Umberto Marino | Stars: Daniele Liotti, Enrico Brignano, José Sancho, Peppino Mazzotta
Votes: 210
55. Don Bosco (2004 TV Movie)
PG | 146 min | Biography, Drama
The life of Saint Don Bosco.
Director: Lodovico Gasparini | Stars: Flavio Insinna, Lina Sastri, Charles Dance, Daniel Tschirley
Votes: 378
56. Molokai (1999)
PG | 113 min | Biography, Drama
The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
Director: Paul Cox | Stars: David Wenham, Kate Ceberano, Jan Decleir, Chris Haywood
Votes: 1,466
57. Padre Pio: Tra cielo e terra (2000 TV Movie)
180 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Padre Pio (1887-1968) from the onset of the stigmata during World War I, when he prayed that soldiers' suffering be his, until his death. The story is told by Emilia, Pio's ... See full summary »
Director: Giulio Base | Stars: Michele Placido, Barbora Bobulova, Fabio Camilli, Rocco Papaleo
Votes: 124
58. Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story ... See full summary »
Director: Leonardo Defilippis | Stars: Lindsay Younce, Leonardo Defilippis, Patti Defilippis, Jen Nikolaisen
Votes: 548 | Gross: $0.10M
59. Don Bosco (1988)
108 min | Biography, History
This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco (1815 - 1888). He dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin. He was the founder of the Salesian order, ... See full summary »
Director: Leandro Castellani | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Patsy Kensit, Karl Zinny, Laurent Terzieff
Votes: 146
60. Luz de Soledad (2016)
107 min | Biography, Drama
Biopic film about Saint Soledad Torres Acosta
Director: Pablo Moreno | Stars: Inés Acebes, Ainhoa Aldanondo, Fede Alonso, Federico Alonso
Votes: 84
61. There Be Dragons (2011)
PG-13 | 122 min | Biography, Drama, War
Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.
Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott, Rodrigo Santoro
Votes: 5,101 | Gross: $1.07M
62. Karol - The Pope, the Man (2006 TV Movie)
155 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Dariusz Kwasnik, Michele Placido, Alberto Cracco
Votes: 1,217
63. Karol, un uomo diventato Papa (2005 TV Movie)
186 min | Biography, Drama
The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
Director: Giacomo Battiato | Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Malgorzata Bela, Ken Duken, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 2,822
64. Faith: Pope John Paul II (2005)
201 min | Biography, Drama
Following the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. An outstanding student with a ... See full summary »
Stars: Christopher Lee, Ben Gazzara, Daniele Pecci, Vittoria Belvedere
Votes: 1,249
65. Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography, Drama
A story of Mother Teresa, beginning in Calcutta, India, where she faces adversity from every direction and where she lays the foundation for her crusade to help the poorest of the poor.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Keene Curtis, Helena Carroll, David Byrd
Votes: 292
66. Mother Teresa (2003 TV Movie)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Mother Teresa's life is portrayed from the beginning of her ministry to her death. She seeks to serve the poor by creating a new "congregation" in the Church, establishing refuges for the ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrizio Costa | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Sebastiano Somma, Ingrid Rubio, Michael Mendl
Votes: 772
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